Credits Hours: 2.00

Course Description:
This module provides a standard nomenclature for fetal heart rate patterns and guides learners in pattern recognition and interpretation.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this online activity, the participant should be able to:

• Define and identify the different components of a fetal heart rate tracing.
• Identify most common fetal heart rate patterns.
• Identify maternal and fetal causes of different patterns.
• Apply the ACOG standard categorization of reassuring and nonreassuring patterns.
• Distinguish between fetal heart rate patterns that are clearly reassuring, clearly nonreassuring and less easily categorized.